"Great nations don't have to remind others of their greatness. They merely have to be great."

-- Kathleen Parker

#Greatness Quotes

“When women are able to live in a safe and secure environment, they can participate effectively in the economy and society. This helps overcome poverty, reduces inequalities and is beneficial for children's nutrition, health and school attendance. Every woman and girl has the right to live in safety in her home and community.”

Source : "Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls: An Urgent Priority" by Helen Clark, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 25, 2013.
“I'm tired of hearing you men say that this and that and the other isn't woman's work. Any work is woman's work that a woman can do well.”
“Family is a wonderful thing, but it doesn't mean you can't do other stuff in your life. In fact, having a family makes whatever other thing you have that much richer. If it was just me, I'd be home alone and think, 'Well, something good happened at work,' but it's nicer to share it with people you love.”
“The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into their prime factors is known to be one of the most important and useful in arithmetic. It has engaged the industry and wisdom of ancient and modern geometers to such an extent that it would be superfluous to discuss the problem at length... Further, the dignity of the science itself seems to require that every possible means be explored for the solution of a problem so elegant and so celebrated.”
“Tell the negative committee that meets inside your head to sit down and shut up.”
“I've read plenty of amazing science pieces where the writers don't hang out in labs. I just have fun doing it. And I get rewarded for it; I get gushy, especially when kids tell me they expected to be bored by my books, but weren't.”
“I was always interested in the possibility maybe of finding my way into a big adventure.”
“Oh, I was not made for heaven. No, I don't want to go to heaven. Hell is much better. Think of all the interesting people you're going to meet down there!”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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